diff --git a/hermann.gemspec b/hermann.gemspec
index b789b62..65ed5d8 100644
--- a/hermann.gemspec
+++ b/hermann.gemspec
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     # IMPORTANT: make sure that jar-dependencies is only a development
     # dependency of your gem. if it is a runtime dependencies the require_jars
     # file will be overwritten during installation.
-    s.add_dependency 'jar-dependencies', '~>0.1.9'
-    s.requirements << "jar org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.10, ~>0.8.1.1, ['junit:junit']"
+    s.add_dependency 'jar-dependencies', '~> 0.1.10'
+    s.requirements << "jar org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.10, ~>0.8.1.1"
     # use log4j-1.2.16+ to as 1.2.15 declares deps which are not in maven central and causes the dep resolution to fail
     s.requirements << "jar log4j:log4j, ~>1.2.16"
     s.require_paths = ["lib"]
diff --git a/lib/hermann/version.rb b/lib/hermann/version.rb
index ff1bd9d..7a76c4a 100644
--- a/lib/hermann/version.rb
+++ b/lib/hermann/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Hermann
-  VERSION = '0.24.0'
+  VERSION = '0.24.1'
 end